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my goodness!!

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Added on October 29, 2010, 11:30 pmHP Service Center
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Im planning to go singapore for warranty issue!!!

This post has been edited by nick.remember.u: Oct 29 2010, 11:55 PM

any reviews on COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ42-253vx?

Just bought a CQ42 268TX RM1900. After installing windows,and using for few hours.Suddenly the hard drive got sound and automatically shut down.Tried turning on,it said,hard drive not detected.
Send to shop,replace new one.

planning to buy compaq laptop soon..
budget is RM 2000
just wonder compaq nowdays has same reliability as my 7 years old compaq evo...

appreciate any suggestion/input...TQ

I got me a i5 CQ42 about 5 months back. Noticed that the cooling fan is rather loud and works overtime compared to other lappys. Is this normal?

Yesterday had the lappy auto shutdown due to overheating. Very worried.

Anyone face same problem?

I just brought COMPAQ CQ42-357TU (4GB RAM) just for RM1399 + laptop Cooling Belkin for RM75 = Settle

Using Cq42 for almost a year, the battery is weak though.....

Or I shall say this laptop is very much power thirsty...even with low brightness, the laptop hardly last more than 2 hours. Sigh

So far my Compaq CQ42 is good, except I'm suspecting dust accumulation in it's internal fan. Correct me for wrong technical term/s, if any. I tried googling on how to clean it manually, but so far it is very confusing for me. Any help for this poor soul?

This model would need total disassemble.
Here: http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/s...5/c02627955.pdf
Read starts from page 50.

thank you good sir

dear all,

i have compaq cq 42 188tx laptop.. i was told that this laptop can support up to 8g ddr3 ram..so i was thinking of upgrading it to 8 gig ram.. so i want to ask you guys..is it really possible? does it really support up to 8g?

use windows 64bit.. if windows 32bit can only max to 3GB RAM

owh!! sankyu!!!

Bought a 2nd hand laptop... Compaq CQ42 with i5, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD and preinstalled with (ori) win 7...

Previous owner restored the notebook before handing it to me..

I tried to recreate a Recovery DVD... just in case I need to clear the HDD... Can get back to original setting again..
But failed... coz the Recovery Media wizard said it already has been done (probably by previous owner...)
Only 1 copy of recovery media can be made..
Now cannot create a new one...

I tried searching the net... found some tutorial to reset the wizard count, but cannot file all those files mentioned....

Can I ask for replacement media from HP?

Hi,
Im using CQ42-188tx.. 1st gen i3, 2gb ram, windows 7 ultimate x64.. Im would like to upgrade my ram to kingston hyperx 4gbx2.. Is that possible?? Hyperx can make my laptop works?? Because i have done some reseacrh saying that kingston hyperx is designed for 2nd gen i (sandy bridge).. Not sure wherther i can upgrade to it or not.. Help

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Added on April 20, 2012, 2:32 pmCan i upgrade my graphic card in the compaq cq42-188tx? Ati HD 5430

This post has been edited by Uncle__Tan: Apr 20 2012, 02:32 PM

Compaq CQ41 user reporting in. (i3) This club looks sad, so less user of Compaq? The keyboard feels so good for my typing pleasure!

Mine is cq42 203au. Planning to upgrade ram from 1gb to 4gb. But not sure can or not coz there's a lable on the ram slot says 1024 b. Is ok for me to put 2gb for this slot?

hi para sifus, i in big trouble, i think my recovery partition is long gone. cant find any recovery disk... may i know where to get 1? any sifu's here actually hav the recovery disk that i could get a copy? i only know the presario is a CQ42, how to know the exact model like CQ42-188tx?